The 120-metre platform
The city between its two lakes.
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The tallest observation tower in the Nordic countries: Näsinneula, "the Näsi needle", has risen 168 metres above the Särkänniemi park since 1971, its lift reaching in 27 seconds a viewing platform at 120 metres that opens Tampere between its two lakes Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi, the old industrial city with its chimneys, and forest to the horizon. Above the platform turns a revolving restaurant completing a circuit in 45 minutes and holding a Michelin star — among Finland's finest restaurants outside the capital, needing advance booking; the platform itself has a small café. Sunset over the lake from the top is Tampere's first sight, and in winter the white ice stretches without end. Open year-round independently of the park; a half-hour visit, or two hours with the revolving dinner.
The city between its two lakes.
A full circuit in 45 minutes.
Laiturikatu 1, Tampere
Särkänniemi Amusement ParkFinland's largest amusement park and its most varied: Särkänniemi on a peninsula1 minute walk4.4
Sara Hildén Art MuseumModern art on a lakeshore: the Sara Hildén Art Museum (1979) is a low concrete-a2 minutes walk4.5
Finlayson ChurchFinlayson Church is a small red brick church built in 1879 inside the **Finlayso9 minutes walk4.6
The Finlayson AreaThe factory that made the city: the Scot James Finlayson founded a cotton mill o12 minutes walk4.4
The Tampere Natural History MuseumTampere's natural history museum is part of the **Vapriikki Museum Centre** — a 12 minutes walk4.4Näsijärvi lies eighteen metres above Pyhäjärvi, and the rapids between them — Tammerkoski — gave the power that made the city 'Finland's Manchester' in the nineteenth century.